ZUNI Comprehensive Community Health Center

Housing

Houses and apartments for rent near the hospital are usually available with costs ranging from $350 to $900 monthly. Housing is also available in Gallup, 35 miles north of Zuni.  

Hospital and Setting

The Zuni Community Comprehensive Health Center is a facility that provides broad primary and secondary health care services to an active user population of some 19,000 patients living mostly within a 50-mile radius. Departments include:

• Audiology
• Dentistry
• Emergency Room 24/7 Service with surface and air ambulance services
• Environmental Health
• Eye Service including optical dispensary services<
• Field/Public Health Nursing
• Inpatient Services including obstetrics, pediatrics and med/surg
• Medical Imaging including x-ray, CT and ultrasound.
• Medical Laboratory
• Mental/Behavioral Health
• Outpatient General Medicine Clinic
• Physical Therapy
• Podiatry
• Renal Dialysis
• Specialty Clinics including rheumatology, diabetes, neurology and nephrology.
• Women’s Health
• Other resident and student intern programs are conducted at the hospital. Medical students rotate from Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Harvard and other schools throughout the country.
• The Hospital sits on a hill overlooking the Zuni Pueblo and surrounding village.
• Nearby world class recreational venues include hiking/backpacking, camping, biking, climbing, skiing, snowboarding, spelunking, etc.
• National Park Service venues within one to several hours drive:
  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Mesa Verde National Park
  • El Morro National Monument
  • El Malpais National Monument
  • Petrified Forest National Park
  • Canyon DeChelly National Monument
  • Natural Bridges National Monument
  • Hubble Trading Post National Monument
  • Chaco Canyon National Monument
  • Bandelier National Monument
  • Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Other outdoor venues
  • Cibola National Forest
  • Zuni Mountains
  • Mount Taylor (annual quadrathalon is popular)
  • Sandia Mountains (longest tower to tower tram in the world)
  • Humphreys Peak
  • Lake Powell
  • Pecos Wilderness
  • Gila Wilderness
  • Ski resorts including Sandia, Santa Fe, Taos, Purgatory, Telluride, Wolf Creek, and White Mountains. There is ample access to cross country skiing in the Zuni Mountains nearby also.
• Nearby metropolitan areas include Gallup, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, and Phoenix.
• Commercial airports serving the area are at Gallup, Albuquerque, Flagstaff and Phoenix.
• The climate is high desert at an elevation of 6,800 feet. Summers are mild with highs reaching the mid-90s and winter temperatures range from below zero to 50’s with snow common.